Searching for ... nothing

Sometimes the search and rescue centre will receive a call when there is really no one in distress. This happened to a pilot friend of mine who flies the Herc out of Trenton. Since he was on call he received a call to show up and search for "something" over the lake Ontario. A boat 10 miles south off shore saw flares to the north. After flying the search pattern in the middle of the night and not finding anything the team determined that probably what the boat saw were fireworks and not flares :)

Still an interesting mission if you take away being awaken in the middle of the night and going back to bed at 4:30 in the morning.